Vocabulary
What is the definition of a setting?
Where or when the story takes place
How does the setting affect the mood?
The setting creates a depressing, sad mood.
What is the room called that creates the conflict in the story?
The nursery
What is a definition of a theme
An idea that recurs in literature or the underlying meaning
What is the literary device "grow, grow, grow"
Repetition
What is the definition of mood?
The overall feeling or atmosphere a writer aims to evoke in the reader
What creates the central conflict in the story?
The setting
What literary device is used when the veldt seems alive?
Personification
Define the word immense
extremely large or great
What is the "crime" that Margot commited, according to the kids.
Remembering the sun
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
The fact that she remembers the sun while the other kids do not.
The African veldt setting creates what kind of mood?
Dangerous/threatening
What is the definition of a simile
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What theme do both stories share?
Human behavior has consequences
Define the word frail
What causes an emotional shift in the story?
The sun coming out temporarily and then going away again.
How does “The Veldt” show the dangers of relying too much on technology?
Technology can cause a lack of control
Parents can lose control of their children due to technology
Technology can cause you to be lazy
What is the meaning of the word intersperse as it is used in the following line, “The teacher interspersed group discussions with short videos to keep students engaged during the lesson"
Scatter
How does the setting help create conflict in both stories?
The environment increases tension and causes characters to act cruelly
Define the word slackening using the sentence: As the storm passed, the wind showed signs of slackening, and the trees slowly stopped swaying.
To become slower or less active
How do we know that the students wanted Margot to miss the sun?
They smiled and left before the teacher arrived
What do the vultures symbolize?
Define the word subsided using the sentence:
I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides
to become less intense, violent, or severe
How does Bradbury feel about children?
They are capable of violence/cruelty